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Torynifer
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Elythidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Torynifer Hall & Clarke, 1894, p. 943
Type Species:
T. criticus, OD, =Spirifer pseudolineatus HALL, 1858, p. 645
Images
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Fig. 1244, 3a-g. *T. pseudolineatus (Hall), upper Tournaisian, Iowa, USA, a-b, ventral and dorsal interiors, X2 (Cooper, 1944), c-g, ventral, dorsal, posterior, anterior, and lateral views, X1 (Weller, 1914).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Small to large, fold and sulcus variably developed, outline transversely subovate, spine-bearing growth lamellae broadly spaced, lacking interspinous pustules or spinules, ventral interior with well-developed, long, diverging dental adminicula, short delthyrial plate and long, low median ridge, dorsal interior with long, complete hinge plate with apical pit supported by variably strong median septum, spiralia directed posterolaterally
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Elythidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Torynifer Hall & Clarke, 1894, p. 943
Type Species:
T. criticus, OD, =Spirifer pseudolineatus HALL, 1858, p. 645
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1244, 3a-g. *T. pseudolineatus (Hall), upper Tournaisian, Iowa, USA, a-b, ventral and dorsal interiors, X2 (Cooper, 1944), c-g, ventral, dorsal, posterior, anterior, and lateral views, X1 (Weller, 1914).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Small to large, fold and sulcus variably developed, outline transversely subovate, spine-bearing growth lamellae broadly spaced, lacking interspinous pustules or spinules, ventral interior with well-developed, long, diverging dental adminicula, short delthyrial plate and long, low median ridge, dorsal interior with long, complete hinge plate with apical pit supported by variably strong median septum, spiralia directed posterolaterally